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Disclaimer: Supermarket sweep: demand, supply and border delays Share this article: 16 April 2020. This is stressed by a recent ECIPE paper. Similarly, The Grocer magazine (30/3/20202) reported that shortages in the UK in March were probably mostly, if not wholly, due to the demand increase. Kantar data suggests that household spending in the top 7 supermarkets rose 19% in March 2020 compared to March 2019. This is because given the tightness of supply chains and inventory management a small and not wholly irrational increase in household demand can help create shortages. Production on the 10-episode order is set to begin this spring. And if the latter how does trade fit in? A higher throughput to shops requires more deliveries and risks bottlenecks because they are running on lower inventories. We do not publish under a Creative Commons license. The COVID-19 shock is clearly both a supply and a demand shock to the economic system.
Are shortages just due to excessive stockpiling or real supply constraints? A worldwide survey conducted by the market research consultancy Kantar concludes that “Ultimately we need to look at the empirical evidence and it tells us that temporary shortages are being caused by people adding just a few extra items and shopping more often – behaviour that consumers wouldn’t necessarily think of as stockpiling.

However, while overall spending may have declined, spending in supermarkets has increased. Supermarket Sweep 2020 start date Supermarket Sweep's 2020 series will begin Tuesday September 1 at 3PM on ITV and continue week days.

Meanwhile in Italy Euractiv reports that Italian food supplies have not been affected by border measures; “All the necessary activities related to the smooth functioning of the food supply chain, including transports, remain open,” said Italy’s agriculture minister Teresa Bellanova. The opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Sussex or UK Trade Policy Observatory. But as Sam Roscoe’s blog points out and as Prof Erik Millstone has told the Independent supermarkets are faced with shocks from the pattern of consumer demand. Barriers at border crossings are being erected all over Europe, but in principle they apply more to people than goods. How helpful would the Swedish proposals on border procedures be? However, experience from the 2008 financial crisis does suggest that prices of some goods and commodities could rise substantially. If you're at the checkout and hear the beep, here's how you could be on Supermarket Sweep!
Equally too much reliance on a few specific imports can leave a country exposed to international disruption.”, [1] Rates for Air Cargo are reported to have gone up in March, (Bloomberg  Supply Lines March 30, 2020) , as have Refrigerated container (“Reefer” ) rates. At the time of writing the UK is seeing food supplies returning to normal.

The UK ONS has produced experimental price data on “High demand products” (HDPs) which suggests that for all food items surveyed prices rose 0.4% in the period March 16 to April 5th, while all HDPs rose 2.6%. The changes in demand and supply may not only impact on availability but also on prices. We have the most reliable information on whether Supermarket Sweep is cancelled or renewed for the 2020 2021 season or beyond. Changes in the patterns and level of demand are clearly part of the story. 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For example, the increased demand for cheap chicken meat is not only running into staffing problems including difficulties of maintaining distance in factories, but also the risk that bringing forward slaughter of birds will create scarcity in a few weeks’ time (FT March 30 2020). As Prof Millstone points out, stock levels in relation to regular supplies have been seriously reduced in order to implement “just in time” systems. This is an immediate short-run impact, which will have long term consequences which are still unclear. An airdate will be announced at a later date. The extent of this will vary across products depending on where they are produced and the complexity of the supply chain and also on underlying stock levels. Required fields are marked *.